Shuttle-binder for looms



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SHUTTLE BINDER FOR LooMs.

Patented June 22, v1886.l

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ZACHARIAH BABY, OF NASHUA, NEWT HAMPSHIRE.

SHUTTLE-BINDER FOR LOOIVIS.

SQPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,008, dated June 22, 1886. v Application filed January 25, 1886. Serial No. 189,573. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ZAOHARTAH BABY, of Nashua, in the county of Hillsborough, State of New Hampshire, have invented a certain new and usefulImproveinent in Shuttle-Binders for Looms, of which the following is a description, sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure lis aside elevation, partly in section, of a portion of a shuttle-binder embodying my improvement and the journal therefor, the ends of the latter, where it enters the shuttle-box, being broken off; Fig. 2, a hori zontal longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section taken through the head or journalbox of an ordinary binder, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of the journal of an ordinary binder detached.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

In the use of ordinary shuttle-binders, the vibratory movements of the body of the binder and the great strain on its journal rapidly wear away the journal, and also the box in which the journal is disposed in the head of the binder, thereby causing the binder to work imperfectly, and necessitating frequent repairs.

My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty or objection, and to that end I make use of means which will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unneces sary.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the binder; B, the head, and C thejournal or stud, on which the binder is pivoted or journaled in the usual manner. The head is drilled or bored longitudinally,or a hole formed therein,which is slightlylarger or of slightly greater diameter than the journal. It is then counterbored with a still larger drill, to form the shoulder fr, and a leather bushing, D, inserted to form a bearing for the journal. The bearing is made by taking a thin piece or strip of leather, rolling it into the required form, and

driving the roll into the large end of the hole in the head B, after which a pointed set-pin, slightly larger than thejournal, is driven into or through the center of the leather bushing, 5 5

to form a hole or bearing for the journal, the pin withdrawn, and the journal inserted. The shoulder m prevents the leather bearing from escaping through the small end of the hole formed in the head of the binder, and theV nut 6o E is for the purpose of keeping the binder on the journal. When the roll, which is formed of a strip of leather, as described, is driven into the large end of the hole in the head of the binder, the outer layers of said roll strike 6 5 In Fig. 4 a journal of the ordinary con- 75 struction is shown, said journal being represented as worn out or destroyed by the action of the journal-box shown in Fig. 3.

Myimproved leather bearing renders it unnecessary to lubricate the j ournal-box,thereby 8c saving the expense of oil and the cost of applying the same, and also preventing injury to the work from spattering oil. It also prevents the box and journal from wearing out,

thereby preventing the binder from working imperfectly,and rendering it far more durable than ordinary binders.

I do not contine myself to the use of the bearing in shuttle-binders only, as it may be employed in connection with other journals 9o and in a great variety of machinery with equal advantage.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is l. A shuttle-binder having a head provided with a hole extending longitudinally through the same, said hole being smaller at one end than at the other, in combination with a journal ofsmaller diameter extending through said hole, a bushing of leather fitting between said roo journal and the face of said hole, and a nut ou said journal opposite thelarger end of the hole.

2. A shuttle-binder having a head yprovided with a hole lextending longitudinally through the sam'e, said head having an inwardly-extending annular iiange, x, at 011e end of the 5 hole, whereby a reduced portion is formed therein, in combination with a journal of smaller diameter extending through said hole,

and a bushing of leather fitting between said journal and the face of said hole and into said 1o reduced portion.

3. A shuttle-binder having ahead provided with a hole extending longitudinally through the same, said head having an inwardly-ex ZAGHARIAH BABY.

Witnesses:

J. B. LADUo, j F. L. KIMBALL. 

